Japanese Adjectives

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Japanese Adjectives

Learning the Japanese Adjectives displayed below is vital to the language. Japanese Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:

English Adjectives

Japanese Adjectives

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keiyoushi - 形容詞

a green tree

midori no ki - 緑の木

a tall building

takai biru - 高いビル

a very old man

kourei no otoko - 高齢の男

the old red house

furuku te akai ie - 古くて赤い家

a very nice friend

totemo yasashii tomodachi - とても優しい友達

Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Japanese.

List of Adjectives in Japanese

Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Japanese placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Japanese vocabulary.

English Adjectives

Japanese Adjectives

colors

iro - 色

black

kuroi - 黒い

blue

aoi - 青い

brown

chairo no - 茶色の

gray

haiiro no - 灰色 の

green

midori no - 緑の

orange

orenji iro no - オレンジ色の

purple

murasaki no - 紫の

red

akai - 赤い

white

shiroi - 白い

yellow

kiiroi - 黄色い

sizes

ookisa - 大きさ

big

ookii - 大きい

deep

fukai - 深い

long

nagai - 長い

narrow

semai - 狭い

short

mijikai - 短い

small

chiisai - 小さい

tall

takai - 高い

thick

atsui - 厚い

thin

usui - 薄い

wide

hiroi - 広い

shapes

keijou - 形状

circular

marui - 丸い

straight

massugu na - まっすぐな

square

shikakui - 四角い

triangular

sankaku no - 三角の

tastes

aji - 味

bitter

nigai - 苦い

fresh

shioke no nai - 塩気のない

salty

shiokarai - 塩辛い

sour

suppai - 酸っぱい

spicy

karai - 辛い

sweet

amai - 甘い

qualities

seishitsu - 性質

bad

warui - 悪い

clean

kirei - きれい

dark

kurai - 暗い

difficult

muzukashii - 難しい

dirty

kitanai - 汚い

dry

kawai ta - 乾いた

easy

kantan na - 簡単な

empty

kara no - 空の

expensive

kouka na - 高価な

fast

hayai - 速い

foreign

gaikoku no - 外国の

full

ippai no - いっぱいの

good

yoi - 良い

hard

katai - 固い

heavy

omoi - 重い

inexpensive

yasui - 安い

light

karui - 軽い

local

roukaru - ローカル

new

atarashii - 新しい

noisy

urusai - うるさい

old

furui - 古い

powerful

kyouryoku na - 強力な

quiet

shizuka na - 静かな

correct

tadashii - 正しい

slow

osoi - 遅い

soft

yawarakai - 柔らかい

very

totemo - とても

weak

yowai - 弱い

wet

shimetta - 湿った

wrong

machigatta - 間違った

young

wakai - 若い

quantities

suuryou - 数量

few

shousuu no - 少数の

little

sukoshi no - 少しの

many

tasuu no - たすうの

much

takusan no - たくさんの

part

ichibu - 一部

some

ikutsu ka no - いくつかの

a few

shousuu no - 少数の

whole

zenbu no - 全部の

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